“It used to be thought that only a certain kind of virus could get into our genome and it's called a retrovirus and that's a virus that might be HIV for example.” KindMightUsedCertainExampleUsed To BeVirusesHivGenome Author:Carl Zimmer
“We have Borna virus genes. We're part Borna virus, which is weird, but apparently our cells and our genomes in a weird way might actually be grabbing these viruses, grabbing genetic material from the viruses that are infecting it and pulling them into their own genome.” WayMightMaterialsCellsGenesPullingVirusesGrabbingGenome Author:Carl Zimmer
“Medicine allows people to live who would otherwise die, so antibiotics will let people survive infections that they might be otherwise very vulnerable to and even little things might make a big difference, so I wear eyeglasses because my eyes aren't particularly strong, before there were eyeglasses someone at my age would probably not be good for much.” PeopleLittlesBigsMightEyeAgeDiesStrongDifferencesMedicineBe GoodVulnerableLittle ThingsInfectionAntibioticsEyeglasses Author:Carl Zimmer
